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Leuchtenburg's notable books include"Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal" and"The Perils of Prosperity," a history of the U.S. from World War I to the peak of the Great Depression.
Leuchtenburg's books on Roosevelt covered his presidency and beyond."In the Shadow of FDR," published in 1983 and periodically updated, demonstrated how presidents from Truman to George W. Bush attempted to shun and/or embrace Roosevelt's legacy. Leuchtenburg wrote of Roosevelt's immediate successor, Harry Truman, gesturing in the White House to a portrait of FDR and admitting,"I'm trying to do what he would like.
His affinity for Roosevelt was lifelong and personal. When he was 10, he sat by the radio and counted delegates as FDR was elected to his first term as president. He was able to afford college with help from a job found through a New Deal program, the National Youth Administration.
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